Hinge.



A. E. RILEY.

HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5, 1912 1,052,515, Patented Feb. 11, 1913.

i Mom \m d UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb 11, 1913.-

Application filed June 5, 1912. Serial No. 701,783.

To all rah 2m it mag concern Be it known that. l, AnNnn EDWARD RILEY,

a citizen of the United States, and resi dent of l'lartford, inthe countyot Vashington and State of \Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Hinges; and I do hereby declare that the. following is a tall, clear, and c act description thereof.-

My invention refers to hinges, its object being to provide a simple, durable, separable reinforcing jacket for hinge knucklejoints, the same, tor exan'iple, being applicable to hood or engine casings, of automobiles or the like, said hoods being usually formed in two longitudinal sections ('()Il nected by hinge members.

Hereiofore it has been the practice to tinish the hinge members either by enameling. painting, or the like and when said hinge members are connected by the pintle, move.- ment of one member upon the other will cause the finish to be marred er scraped from the knuckle of the hinges, whereby they soon become unsightly. 13y employ ing a jacket in accordance with my illttlk tion in n sted engagement. with'the knuckle of the hinge it is apparent that. the paint or enamel which may be marred upon said knuckle will be entirely concealed. Furthermore this construction is even more desirable where the leafanenibers ot a l'iinge only are to be enameled or otherwise finished and it. is desirable to linish the knuckle in a contrasting color. It. is apparent that in some cases the jacket may be finished in the desired contrasting color and thereafter adjusted in position over the knuckle to form a fixed cover therefor, whereby a neat. appearing hinge joint is presented which will always maintain its high finish.

Another advantage of my invention is due to the fact that the jacketadds materially to the strength of the hinge, enabling manufacturers to use the same material for making the center hinge of an engine hood as that utilized in connection with the body of said hood, or the tubular knuckle members 'ma y be out directly from the body of the hood and connected by a pintle, the metal being thus strengthened by the insertion of a reinforcing jacket which permits free moven'ient of the hinge members therein.

With the above. objects in view the inven tion consists in certain peculiarities of constrnctio'n andc'ombination of parts as set" forth hereinafter with reference to the aceompanying I drawings and subsequently clanneitf,

In the drawings Figure-l represents a cross-section ofa hinge embodyingthe features of my invention; Fig. 2, atop plan riew of the same; Fig. 3, an inverted plan view ot said hinge, and. Fig. 4," a'-detailed bottom plan view of the reinforcing jacket.

ltefm'ring by characters to the drawings, 1. 1, represent the leaves ofa hinge pro rided with tubular knuckle sections 2, 2, respectively, which knucklesections-are fit ted in alii':ement in the usual manner, break in; joints-'with each other, the knuckle Sti'itHHIS otone leat member being seated in the indcnture space between the opposite knuckle sections.

rovided with an oien throat 'ort-ion. .3

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from the edges of which project transverse Priorto assembling the hmgemembers a tubular reinforcing jacket,-

tongues .4. the same being staggered andv extended in opposite. directionst'or engagenn-nt with the nah-inure spacebetweenthe knuckle (C li0llf\". ot'. the hinge r'nembers. V 185 one of said hinge members, the knuckle her the jacket isinserted in position upon smtions ol' the opposite member'are titled into position; whereby they will nestwith the jacket and the tongues thereof will 'lie tlal'ly against the bottom face of the hingeleares, being disconnected therefrom however. whereby free movement of each'hinge member islmd. 'lhereatt er a pintle 5 is inserted through the knuckle sections'inthe usual manner.

it. is z-ipparent from the foregoing-description that either hinge member is''free to roek hpwardly upon the pintle, andowing to the loose engagement of the'jacket with the hinge knuckle, there will be approxi mately no movement-thereof, the leaf in its upward'swing being'free'to move clear of the tongues thereunder. f Hence it is ob vions that while there may be abrasion of the hinge knuckles, this abrasion will be entirely concealed by the jacket whichnot only has the function stated, but will also add rigidity to the hinge.- In finishing the hinge. members it is also clear that-the.

jacket may be finished in nickel orany c0r 1 trusting finish'from that of the leaves, or it may be finished to correspond with the fil'llSh' said leaves and when inserted in position over the knuckles the parts will always present a neat appearance.

I claim: 1

1. knuckle-jointed hinge, having a detachable reinforcing tubular jacket in nested engagement with the hinge knuckle, but otherwise free of the leaves, whereby each leaf has movement independent 0f the jacket. i 4

2. In a hinge having separable leaf membersprovided with knuckle sections, and a pintle for the knuckle sections; the combination of a tubular reinforcing jacket adapt ed to be nested over the hinge knuckle but otherwise free of the leaves, and retaining means extending from the jacket engageable with each leaf member between its knuckle sections, whereby each of said leaf members has movement independent of the jacket.

3. In a' hinge having separable leaf members provided with knuckle sections, and a pintle for the knuckle sections; the combination of a tubular reinforcing jacket adapted-to be nested over the hinge knuckle, and transversely disposed tongues extending from the jacket engage'zi-b'le with each leaf member between its knuckle sections.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Hartford-in the county of Washington and State of Wis- 

